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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do a lot of schools require the pledge? I went to secondary school in the 80s and 90s, and remember saying it in elementary school, but not junior or senior high. This was in the Midwest, so not some radical hotbed. I’m honestly very surprised to hear that it is still a thing, especially in the higher grades.[/quote] Virginia law requires the daily recitation of the Pledge, although students are allowed to opt out if their parents object on religious or other grounds. I don't know what it says about staff.[/quote] As a teacher, I don’t do it. I just don’t feel very patriotic these days. Frankly, I think it would be more useful to ask students to recite a pledge to protecting “Mother Earth” than to ask them to swear loyalty to the nation. Given climate change, the future of their grandchildren doesn’t look too rosy.[/quote] I haven't said it since 2018...[/quote]
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